Burner basket



y 1943 R. E. PINNIGER 2,319,628

BURNER BASKET Filed Aug. 4, 1940 Patented May 18, 1943 Roy E. 'Pinniger,

American'Steel and Waukegan, 'Ill., assignor to The Wire Company of New J ersey, a corporation of New Jersey Application August 4, 1940, 'SerialNo. 351,425

2 Claims.

This invention relates to baskets for burning rubbish and other waste material and, particularly to an improved trash burner basket fabricated from wire and the like.

I-Ieretofore, trash or rubbish burner baskets have been constructed so that the bottoms there of were positioned close to the ground, thus preventing an adequate draft necessary to support combustion from reaching the contents of the container. To improve such draft, it has been proposed to dispose the center of the bottom higher than the side portions thereof so as to give a cone effect, but this is objectionable in that the contents are not elevated a sufficient distance from the ground at the side portions of a basket in order to permit an adequate draft to pass thereinunder. Furthermore, burner-baskets of this type are objectionable in that the central portion of the cone bottom, extending as it does upwardly into the container, reduces the usable space therein.

Other baskets have been provided with flat bottoms predisposed at a distance above the ground for the purpose of providing a space for a draft to pass thereinunder, but this type of basket is not provident of the same surface area at the bottom of the container as is the case in those having the cone type of bottom.

In the present invention, there is provided a trash burner basket in which the above named disadvantages have been eliminated, thereby providing a burner basket in which a maximum draft is obtained.

Accordingly, it is the general object of the present invention to provide an improved trash or rubbish burner basket in which the bottom supporting the contents of the basket is of an inverted cone-shaped construction and spaced from the bottom so as to permit a maximum draft thereunder, and at the same time, increasing the usable contents of the basket.

It is another object of the invention to provide an improved trash or rubbish burner basket which is simple and inexpensive in its construction and yet, at the same time, one that is strong and rugged.

Various other objects and. advantages of this invention will be more apparent in the course of the following specification and will be particu- -.larly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing there is shown, farthe purpose of illustration, one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 isa perspective view of the improved wire burner basket of my invention; and

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on line 11-11 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the improved trash or rubbish burner basket of my invention is of the conventional skeleton type, formed preferably solely of wire and comprises a body portion consisting of a top ring or annular member 2, a bottom ring or annular member 3 on which the basket is adapted to rest, a plurality of intermediate substantially horizontally disposed similar reenforcing annular or ring members 4, and a plurality of spaced apart substantially vertically extending side members 5 arranged around the ring or annular members 2, 3 and 4"to which they are securely attached,

such as by'means of welding or in any other suitable manner.

According to the present invention, there is provided an inverted cone-shaped bottom for the body portion which is adapted to support the waste material deposited in the basket. This inverted cone-shaped bottom preferably consists, as shown in the present invention, of a plurality of substantially vertically extending members 6 preferably equal in number to the vertically extending members 5, with preferably one disposed between each of the vertically extending members 5, and arranged around the annular or ring members 2 and 4 to which they likewise are securely attached. The upper portions of the vertically extending members 6 extend upwardly along the sides of the body portion with the extreme upper ends thereof preferably attached to the top ring 2 as at I. The lower portions of each of the vertically extending members 6 are bent angularly and inwardly of the basket as at 8, preferably around the lowermost annular or ring member 4 which is spaced from the bottom ring 3 and converge with the extreme bottom ends of each of them securely attached together centrally of the basket preferably by means of a relatively small ring or annular member 9, so as to provide an inverted cone-shaped bottom for the body portion. An additional ring or annular member In similar to the rings 2, 3 and 4 may be provided at any suitable location between the ring 3 and the lowermost ring 4, if so desired, for further reenforcing the basket.

As a result of my invention, it will be seen that there is provided a wire burner basket, the bottom portion of which is constructed so as to constitute an inverted cone, which is responsible in presenting at least 15 percent more surface of the containers contents to the bottom draft than is realized in the fiat type of bottom, thus promoting the most efiicient combustion conditions at the point where it is most desired that these be had, i. e., at the bottom of the contents of the container. In addition to this advantage accruing to my improved construction, the tapered bottom afforded by the inverted cone augments the capacity of the container, since it effects an enlargement over what the volume would be were a fiat bottom disposed in the plane of the lowermost ring 4, and since it is the reciprocal of the effect of the regular cone bottom baskets heretofore proposed which actually diminish the capacity of the container.

While I have shown and described a specific embodiment of the present invention, it will be seen that I do not wish to be limited exactly thereto, since various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A wire receptacle for burning Waste material comprising a body portion consisting of a plurality of substantially vertically extending spaced apart wire members which'extend substantially the height of the receptacle and a plurality of substantially horizontally disposed spaced apart annular wire members around which said vertically extending wires are peripherally arranged and to which they are attached and having a bottom portion arranged therewith on which the receptacle is adapted to rest, a plurality of additional vertically extending wire members with one arranged between each of said firstmentioned vertically extending wire members, said last mentioned wire members having their inner and lower ends thereof bent inwardly and converging and being interconnected centrally of the receptacle so as to provide an inverted coneshaped bottom for the body portion which is spaced from the extreme bottom of the receptacle and which is adapted to support the material deposited therein with the upper and outer ends of the last-mentioned vertically extending wire members extending upwardly along the sides of the body portion and being securely attached to at least some of said annular members.

2. A receptacle for burning waste material comprising a body portion consisting of a plurality of substantially vertically extending spaced apart members which extend from the top to the bottom of the basket and a plurality of spaced apart members with each arranged in substantially a horizontal plane around which said vertically extending members are peripherally arranged and to which they are securely attached, a plurality of additional substantially vertically extending members arranged between said first mentioned vertically extending members peripherally around said body portion, said last mentioned members having their lower end portions bent inwardly of the body portion and converging inwardly and downwardly toward the center thereof and being interconnected centrally of the body portion at a point spaced from the extreme bottom of the basket so as to provide an inverted cone-shaped bottom portion for said body portion which is spaced from the extreme bottom thereof and which is adapted to support the material deposited therein with the upper end portions of said last mentioned members extending upwardly along the sides of the body portion and being secured to at least some of said horizontally disposed members.

ROY E. PINNIGER. 

